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35. VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



Many people plant Fruit trees without a thought of Avhat Variety 

 they shall plant, and as a result almost certain disappointment ensues, 

 whilst for an expenditure of 2d. they can ohtain from the Society a little 

 16-page pamphlet which contains the latest expert opinion on Apples, 

 Pears, Plums, Cherries, Easpberries, Currants, Gooseberries, and Straw- 

 berries, together with Notes on Planting, Pruning, and Manuring, which 

 for clearness of expression and direction it would be impossible to 

 surpass. It has in fact been suggested that no other 16 pages in the 

 English language contain so much and such definite information. At 

 the end of the pamphlet are given the names of some of the newer 

 varieties of Fruits, which promise well, but are not yet sufficiently 

 proved to be recommended for general planting. 



Copies of this pamphlet for distribution may be obtained at the 

 Society's Office, Vincent Square, Westminster. Price, post free : single 

 copy, 2d, or 25, 2s. ; 50, 3s. ; 100, 4s. 



36. PLANTS CERTIFICATED. 



The last published list of " Plants Certificated by the Society " com- 

 menced with the year 1859 and closed with 1899. A further 10 years 

 have now passed and the Council have decided to republish the list up to 

 date, constituting a record of all the plants which have received awards 

 during the past 50 years. The completed list will be of welcome assist- 

 ance to amateurs and an absolute necessity to raisers and introducers of 

 new plants. It will be ready as soon after the close of the year as possible, 

 price 2s. post free. 



Orchids Certificated. 



The list of awards made to Orchids has recently been published sepa- 

 rately, and may be obtained at the Society's Office, Vincent Square, 

 Westminster, bound in cloth and interleaved, price 5s. net. 



37. INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL 

 EXHIBITION, MAY 22-30, 1912. 



Most of the Fellows of the Society will have already heard with 

 pleasure that a Committee has been formed to organize an International 

 Flower Show in London in the spring of 1912, as the outcome of a 

 suggestion made by the Secretary of the Society that such a courtesy 

 on the part of Great Britain was due (or indeed overdue) to the Continent 

 and to America for the many similar hospitalities which foreign countries 

 have offered to British horticulturists. 



The Executive Committee now consists of prominent people of various 

 professions and callings (including several leading gardeners), in whom 

 every confidence may be placed to bring the proposal to a satisfactory 

 conclusion on points of organization, exhibits, and finance. A large 

 number of the nobility and gentry have lent ihvw names to the scheme, 

 together with many men of position and renown in science. 



